Human rights tribunal resumes hearings on First Nations child and family services funding
The human rights case against the federal government resumed this week with a history lesson on Indian Residential Schools.
Child Welfare
First Nation agency takes the stand at human rights tribunal
A human rights case against the federal government is still unfolding in Ottawa.
Economist experts explain First Nations child welfare funding
Lawyers have wrapped up two weeks of testimony at the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal in Ottawa.
Lawyer says Ottawa won't agree to stop spying on First Nations children's advocate
The lawyer for a First Nations children’s advocate plans to ask the Human Rights Tribunal to order the federal government to cease surveillance on his client.
RCMP confirm child arrested in death of boy on Saskatchewan First Nation
The RCMP confirmed what APTN National News first revealed last week, the alleged killer of a six year-old boy on a Saskatchewan First Nation is a child himself.
Tribunal continues to hear how feds allegedly spied on Cindy Blackstock
The federal government has been accused of violating the privacy of First Nation child welfare advocate Cindy Blackstock.
Cindy Blackstock gets ready to take on the government again: 'I just want them to stop'
APTN National News On a typical humid morning in Ottawa, Cindy Blackstock sits on the…
NDP call for investigation into federal government's conduct at human rights tribunal
APTN National News The federal New Democratic Party is calling for an independent investigation into…
Federal government's conduct 'far from irreproachable' says Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
APTN National News The federal government has been accused of knowingly withholding key pieces of…